JERUSALEM (VINnews) — A significant security breach has reportedly been uncovered at the heart of the Hezbollah terrorist organization, according to a report by Agence France-Presse (AFP). Lebanese authorities arrested a senior operative at Beirut’s international airport who, according to reports, had been supplying critical intelligence to Israel’s Mossad.

According to AFP, the arrest took place just moments before his flight was scheduled to depart for Iraq, marking what is being described as a major intelligence blow to the terrorist organization.

According to a Lebanese judicial source cited in the report, the suspect was responsible for enabling the targeted killings of four senior Hezbollah officials by leaking sensitive intelligence and precise coordinates. If confirmed, it would represent one of the organization’s most serious intelligence failures in recent years, with someone who had direct access to Hezbollah’s inner leadership allegedly serving as a valuable Israeli intelligence asset.

The suspect, a resident of southern Lebanon married to an Iraqi woman, allegedly exploited the high level of trust placed in him by senior Hezbollah officials to gather highly sensitive information. According to the report, he collected intelligence ranging from the personal movements of senior leaders to logistical details and strategic targets.

Lebanese sources claim he used Iraq as a transit point for frequent trips to Turkey, where he allegedly met covertly with his Israeli intelligence handlers. The information he reportedly provided was described as “the decisive and most significant factor” behind a series of assassinations targeting four senior military and security leaders within Hezbollah.

In what was described as a carefully coordinated covert operation at Beirut’s Rafic Hariri International Airport, the suspect was arrested just seconds before leaving the country, bringing his alleged escape attempt to an end.

The arrest comes amid heightened security tensions and ongoing Israeli military operations in southern Lebanon. Lebanese judicial authorities are now reportedly investigating whether the suspect had additional accomplices within Hezbollah and how he managed to avoid detection for such an extended period.

According to the report, the arrest adds to a series of recent Israeli intelligence successes against Hezbollah and is being portrayed as further evidence of the Mossad’s ability to penetrate the organization at a high level.

As of now, neither Hezbollah nor Israeli officials have publicly confirmed the specific allegations reported by AFP.